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...President held a series of conferences with Republican politicians on the question of some 200 appointments to vacant posts which are to be submitted to the Senate for approval. The only appointment announced at the White House was that of Edwin P. Morrow, retiring Governor of Kentucky, as a member of the Railroad Labor Board to succeed Judge R. M. Barton...
President Ebert, unable to dissolve the Reichstag and hold an election owing to the disturbed condition of the country, found himself in a dilemma. He offered the vacant Chancellorship in turn to Herr von Kardorff, Dr. Hergt and Dr. Heinrich F. Albert; all refused. Finally, the President wrote to Dr. Albert: "It having become obviously impossible at this time to form a Government on the basis of a parliamentary majority, I must ask you to override the scruples and hesitation which you previously expressed to me and to form a Cabinet...
...second change is found on the fifth date of the schedule which was occupied by Tufts this year. Tufts does not appear on next year's schedule, and the game for November 1, the date left vacant, is still unsettled. Whether or not any game will be booked for that date remains to be determined. In announcing the schedule, the football advisory committee declared that it did not desire to schedule too heavy a game for Saturday November 1. This date comes after two hard games and just before the three final games of the season. Consequently...
...Light Heavyweight Championship is officially vacant because Battling Siki, Senegalese, was disbarred by the French Boxing Commission. In America Mike McTigue, the Irishman, is generally regarded as Light Heavyweight champion because he defeated Siki in Dublin last St. Patrick's Day. But since Siki failed to weigh in before that contest it is not recognized by the international body...
...Party is already split under the leadership of ex-Premier Lloyd George and ex-Premier H. H. Asquith, the former leading the National Liberal Party, the latter the old Liberal Party. It is believed that Mr. Churchill, who was reported about to contest his old seat in Glasgow, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Bonar Law, will be used by Mr. Lloyd George to unite the Liberal Party. It was also stated that Mr. George will, if necessary, consent to serve under his old chief, Mr. Asquith. Surface indications, however, disprove this contention. Mr. George, immediately after landing...